Public Program, Author Talk
Schlesinger: The Imperial Historian
Richard Aldous, Bard College in conversation with Fredrik Logevall, Harvard University
$10 registration fee per person. (No Charge for MHS Members or Fellows)
$10 registration fee per person. (No Charge for MHS Members or Fellows)
Monday, November 20, 2017, 6:00PM - 7:00PM
Registration required at a cost
Drawing on oral histories, rarely seen archival documents, and the official Schlesinger papers, this biography crafts an invaluable portrait of a brilliant and controversial historian who framed America’s rise to global empire. Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., the architect of John F. Kennedy’s legacy, redefined the art of presidential biography. A Thousand Days, his best selling record of the Kennedy administration, remains immensely influential and cemented his place as one of the nation’s greatest political image makers.
There will be a pre-talk reception at 5:30pm.